Hi,
I’m Immaculata, a researcher and artist in Enugu, Nigeria. For my career bio, visit here.
collage of my passport photos from 2008–2016
Sweet Medicine is a manifesto in the form of a 23-episode podcast where I think and talk with other Nigerian researchers about social healing and why the humanities matter today.
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writing portfolio highlights
Whom Did He Love?, The Brooklyn Rail (2022)
hard to say that any one thing is my favourite thing I’ve written, but this is often it.
In the Dark in Nigeria, Popula (2023)
on what poor electricity does to our minds.
In the Dark in Nigeria, Popula (2023)
on what poor electricity does to our minds.
You Matter to Me, winner of the Rising Star award, S16 Film Festival (2023)
The Fire in My Memory, winner of the Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction (2023) on life after the Sosoliso plane crash.
The Fire in My Memory, winner of the Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction (2023) on life after the Sosoliso plane crash.
Will Africapitalism Save Africa?, Le Temps (2022)
Can Green Hydrogen tackle Nigeria’s persistent energy poverty?, Unbias the News (2023)
Can Green Hydrogen tackle Nigeria’s persistent energy poverty?, Unbias the News (2023)
Face the Music, Wuruwuru/ Wax Poetics (2023)
on reconstructed Nigerian identities in 1970s album covers.
Time and the 1947 Abeokuta Women’s Revolt, History Workshop (2022)How did a group of Nigerian women activists in the 1940s think about time and history?
Unless otherwise stated, all images and text on this website were made by Immaculata Abba.
Copyright: Immaculata Abba (2017 - 2025)